#tools
27 words tagged “tools”
Non-contact voltage tester. Beeps near live, no probe required.
The skilled tradesman who sharpens, sets, and repairs industrial saws.
A hammer — used in place of a screwdriver.
An oxy-acetylene cutting torch — when the actual wrench won't do it.
Yet another name for the oxy-acetylene torch.
A non-contact voltage tester — pen-shaped, beeps near live wires.
A lineman's climbing hooks — the gaffs strapped to his boots.
Another name for a shovel, leaning on the 'muck' it'll be moving.
Any hammer used to make something fit when it really shouldn't.
A woven-mesh cable grip that tightens its hold the harder you pull.
A shovel. The tool you hand to the new guy.
A pipe slipped over a wrench handle for extra leverage.
An oxy-acetylene cutting torch — the tool you grab when subtlety is over.
A split-bolt connector used to splice heavy electrical conductors.
Lineman's pliers, named after the brand that owns the trade.
Metal straps that hold an old-work electrical box into drywall.
A hand-ratchet cable puller for tensioning lines and dragging loads.
Flexible spring-steel ribbon used to snake wires through walls and conduit.
A short-handled sledgehammer swung one-handed, usually around 3–4 lb.
Heating a seized bolt with a torch so it'll finally turn.
The big lockable steel chest where a crew's tools live overnight on a jobsite.
A spirit level.
The Greenlee 555 — the industry-standard powered conduit bender.
Diagonal cutting pliers — the snub-nosed cutters in every electrician's pouch.
Channellock tongue-and-groove pliers — the blue-handled grippers.
A jaw-style clamp for pulling wire and cable under heavy tension.
A heavy short-handled sledge swung two-handed.